Fox News Attacks Environmentally Conscious Games

[ArbiterX13]

Even if FOX's site isn't, much of their television programming is decidedly biased. I know some lovers of FOX news, and they're very nice people, but I think it's funny how the same people who have been refusing to believe in global climate change (a.k.a. global warming) are now attempting to make supposed "environmental" games look like spawns of evil.

 

[Kakashi on crack]

hmm, this is perfect bait for govermnet/politics class tommorrow, I'll have to bring it up!

 

[Clonekiller]

I'm curious does that study count the times they bash liberals or liberal ideas or just general Democrats.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-20-2011/fox-news-channel---fair---balanced

And here's a pretty nice example of conservative bias. Basically implying through weasel words that a conspiracy theory where Obama allowed people to get killed so he can promote gun control might have some merit to it.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-27-2011/oh--for-fox-sake

The study covers general reporting. On another note, have any videos not done by a comedian, who makes a living off of context corruption? (Context corruption: When you take what someone says out of context, making them say what ever you want them to say)

As a reporting channel, Fox is ho hum. NBC/ABC/CBS/CNN all do better in that regard.

Its schtick is that it's a bullhorn for the repugnican party, aka the theocratic lunatics that want to give all our money to the ultra-rich and tell everyone else to die in a fire who need to be kept out of power at any and all costs within the confines of the law.

Okay... So, small government, less taxes, and fiscal responsibility = neo-nazi, racist greed bags. Totally logical conclusion right there.

 

[Eleima]

You've gotta be kidding me, Fox News... Seriously? You're really going to go there?
*sigh* Well, haters will be haters...

 

[Pyroguekenesis]

OK, I know Fox is an absolute joke of a 'News' channel - but this is just asking themselves to get f***ed up REAL BAD. My....my mind cannot comprehend the absolute stupidity of this.

 

[Iron Lightning]

Well, I didn't think it was possible for Fox News to get any stupider. I guess I was wrong.

 

[Wintermoot]

HAHAHAHAHA FOX NEWS COMPLAINING ABOUT SOMETHING BEING POLITICALLY BIASED HAHAHAHAHA
seriously get some real stories as far as I know Flower being pro environmentalism isn't really breaking news.
PS
I just saw the first few seconds of the segment and was this close to bashing my head against my keyboard out of sheer stupidity.

 

[Michael Brunson]

If this is the case then Fox news should report about games like the "Tycoon" series for promoting the conservative capitalist agenda.

 

[Doclector]

Fox says something stupid, no one surprised.

We could just do away with these articles and just show 'FOX IS FUCKING STUPID' every now and again, it would save a lot of effort that, frankly, Fox isn't worth.

This is a new level of stupid though. Before they at least picked on things some (pretty stupid people) were actually concerned about. I don't think anyone has had a problem with environmental games. They're fully making s*** up now. The last drops of logic have dripped out of the holes in fox news' collective hive mind, leaving nothing but a ranting gibbering moron. I wonder if their viewers will finally realise how insane they are now.

 

[Wintermoot]

That's it, they are officially idiots.

haven't we established that years ago?

 

[BrownGaijin]

McCormack singled out Fate of the World, saying that its apocalyptic premise was a heavy burden to place on the shoulders of a five year old...

I read the headline, and knew what kind of beast to expect. I read the above quote and my I could not face palm fast enough, and then I watched the video...

To parody Pink Floyd "I have become uncomfortably numb.

 

[Torrasque]

I'm going to make a copy-pasta post that I'll use for every article involving Fox News, doing something that shouldn't surprise anyone, because we should all know by now that they have no idea what the fuck they are talking about, in regards to anything.

 

[harvz]

...did i just get trolled? does fox hate people with any form of intelligence?

seriously, its really sad that they are so obviously out for their own benefits and ratings, by appealing to every idiot who doesn't play "dem garmes or whtever dey called".

 

[Drejer43]

nuclear power is cleaner than solar and wind energy?
what?

Technically it is. I've spoken to a person who knows about those things. Turns out that all the equipment required for the solar power plant to function is not very enviroment friendly. I can't go into all the details beacuse english is not my native language and I just wouldn't know the right words to have a discussion.
It's just his word on the matter though, can't really say how valid it really is - not a specialist on that kind of things.

okay that leaves solar energy (but dont tell me that everything you need for nuclear power is totally clean) what about wind energy then?

 

[Strazdas]

Really? Really? Are Fox news just extremist conservative idiots just for the sake of being extremist conservative idiots?

well, yes.

Its itnresting how a news network can think liberal thinking is bad. this really shows how "good" our media is.

the sad thing is, FOX remains the most popular network in america.

all i cna say is

 

[JackWestJr]

Oh well, they never stopped people buying PlayStation Pornables, so this shouldn't have any effect on anyone.

 

[hexFrank202]

I have one question. Most of the time--now unlike you I actually watch the network, so I can safely say--most of the time, a Fox News program will have one guy arguing one side, and another guy arguing the other side.

So everybody, please tell me one thing; how does the stupid, reactionary, racist opinion represent what Fox News says, but the other side that The Escapist might agree on does not?

Now this particular example is an exception, sure. But it's not like it matters. I remember another Fox thing Escapist make a pissy fuss about, the "should someone get a grant to make Call of Duty??!" thing. There was another guy, on that show, saying what we all agree with. But what, he doesn't count? Well, he wasn't the host of the show, but he was still on the show.

Besides, there are times where the only people talking are on the left-wing side. Seriously, do you know who this is? http://www.mensjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/headshot_smith.jpg
This is Shepard Smith. He is mostly liberal. He is one of the biggest names on Fox News.

What about this guy? http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nnNX4rkBg6U/Rhcz_BUmVUI/AAAAAAAAAHk/7GtI827c6eo/s400/Geraldo.jpg
Everybody knows Geraldo Rivera, probably for the big, dramatic failures and stumbles he's suffered. He's a right-wing nut, right? No, he more liberal than conservative, actually.

And what about this fucking guy??? http://www.wpsl.com/img/alan-colmes.jpg
Every time, every episode, for about fourteen years; Sean Hannity starts up with his right-wing opinions, and then Alan Colmes fights back with his left-wing opinions and full force. I even remember a book/audiobook he made, and the subtitle was: "Why left is right and right is wrong." He doesn't have a full time show anymore, but he still appears occasionally.
And there's plenty more liberals on Fox, those are just the most famous I can think of off the top of my head.

So, The Escapist community, tell me, why don't we cheer on these guys?

I'm going to have to be totally honest, this is not, AT ALL about politics. About who's on which side. It's about jumping to unreasonable conclusions. If the articles all said "Such and such newscaster (who happens to be on Fox News) says something stupid." And all the witty comments made jokes about THAT GUY, then there'd be no problem.

 

[Monsterfurby]

I am still confused by the American use of "liberal" and "conservative". Around here, the so-called "liberals" are way further right-wing than the "conservatives".

 

[Mr.Snippets93]

guess whatever you do or say, if it doesn't agree with the opinion of fox, it's bad for our children -______-

 

[HolyMoogle]

I am still confused by the American use of "liberal" and "conservative". Around here, the so-called "liberals" are way further right-wing than the "conservatives".

I can't be sure, but I'm guessing you're from Australia? Perhaps?

Liberal is a very messy and broad term, but in most cases around the world, when applied to politics, it means 'progressive' (ie, supportive of changing things up to improve them, rather than thinking things are fine as they are. Say, legalizing same-sex marriage).

Australia originally had a 'conservative' party, they may have been called the Conservative Party, I'm not sure. Anyway, they were eventually disbanded and replaced with the Liberal Party, who called themselves such as they were more liberal than those they replaced. Nevertheless, they represented the right-wing, as the Labor Party (at that point at least) represented the left-wing.

Now in modern Australia, we have the rather stupid situation where the conservative party is called the Liberal Party.

But anyway, it's the Australian use of the word that is messed up rather than the American one (at least, more messed up).

It's a TERRIBLE over simplification, but basically think of things thus:
Left wing = progressive = liberal
Right wing = conservative

Although if you say that to the wrong people you'll get drawn into a ten hour semantics debate, but you get my drift.